Welfare soon retook the lead from the spot after Rob Gill’s goalbound effort was handled on the line by a defender who was sent off. Sibenge stepped up and found the top corner.

Slawson was denied a third by the woodwork and Holbrook drew level in first-half stoppage time thanks to an unfortunate own goal by Sol Miller.

Holbrook took the lead early in the second-half when a searching cross from the left was flicked over keeper Davies, and despite Kimberley dominating from then on and creating numerous chances, they were wasteful, especially when given a second penalty which Sibenge blazed over the bar to deny him a hat-trick and signal it wasn’t to be Welfare’s night.

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